Making sense of innovation by R&amp;D and non-R&amp;D innovators in low technology contexts: A forgotten lesson for policymakers

Hervás-Oliver, José-Luis; Garrigós, José Albors; Gil-Pechuán, Ignacio

doi:10.1016/j.technovation.2011.06.006

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“…Incremental improvements of products and production processes result in high product quality, high operational efficiency and low scrap rates (Boly et al 2000;Bierly and Daly 2007;Kirner et al 2009;Ismail et al 2011). Process innovation is central to the development and survival of low-tech firms, and process innovation is highly persistent in low-tech manufacturing (Heidenreich 2009;Kirner et al 2009;Cefis and Marsili 2011;Hervas-Oliver et al 2011b;Clausen et al 2012). An additional development in lowtech innovation strategies is the increasing emphasis on specialisation and customisation which allows low-tech firms to focus on high value-added niche markets (Bryson et al 2008;Belso-Martinez 2010;Hansen 2010).…”

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“…This also highlights the increasing significance of design, i.e. detailed development necessary to translate prototype into product (Marsili and Salter 2006), which allow low-tech firms to develop customer-specific solutions (Bender and Laestadius 2005;Santamaria et al 2009;Bathelt et al 2011;Hervas-Oliver et al 2011b). In the following we review studies that examine specific aspects of the overall transformation of low-tech industries and firms.…”

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“…The accelerating substitution of machinery for labour reduces employment of unskilled labour, and the operation and maintenance of advanced machinery require increasingly higher skill levels of employees. Thus, low-tech firms with highly qualified personnel are more innovative (Vaz et al 2006) and investment in training and upgrading of employees' skills is positively associated with revenue growth (Thornhill 2006), increased sales (Corbett 2008) and innovativeness (Santamaria et al 2009;Hervas-Oliver et al 2011b;Giannetti and Madia 2013). Further, highly skilled labour also facilitates collaboration with high-tech firms (Hervas-Oliver et al 2012).…”

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“…Multiple contributions highlight the importance of suppliers as a source of new knowledge and inputs which would be difficult to obtain elsewhere (Boly et al 2000;Garibaldo and Jacobson 2005;Hervas-Oliver et al 2011b;Grosse and Fonseca 2012). Thus, suppliers from more researchintensive industries are important sources of innovativeness for low-tech firm (Robertson and Smith 2008;Heidenreich 2009;Trippl 2011;Hervas-Oliver et al 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Competitive low-tech manufacturing and challenges for regional policy in the European context--lessons from the Danish experience

Hansen¹,

Winther²

2014

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

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Today, low-tech firms in high-wage countries are focusing on increasing investments in highly skilled labour and advanced machinery, incremental innovation and high value-added niches. Danish policy, however, gives little attention to the new specificities of low-tech manufacturing, and the understanding of innovation in national and regional strategies is dominated by a science-based perspective. There is a strong policy focus on human capital and R&D in manufacturing. Human capital is vital to manufacturing in general, but the latter is of less importance for low-tech firms.Conversely, user-producer interactions and machinery investments, which are critical to low-tech competitiveness, are disregarded by policies.

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Section: Classification) While the Randd Intensity Of Industries Is Anmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Classification) While the Randd Intensity Of Industries Is Anmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Classification) While the Randd Intensity Of Industries Is Anmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2014

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

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“…The latter are those firms which usually only introduce process innovation, and no product innovation, a phenomenon mainly but not exclusively encountered in low‐ and medium‐low technology intensive SMEs (Abel‐Koch et al , pp. 94–95; Arundel, Bordoy, and Kanerva ; Clausen et al ; Heidenreich ; Hervas‐Oliver, Albors‐Garrigos, and Gil‐Pechuan ; Hervas‐Oliver et al ). Understanding this phenomenon requires the isolation of process innovators and their process innovation activities.…”

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On Process Innovation Capabilities in SMEs: A Taxonomy of Process-Oriented Innovative SMEs

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Moll²,

Andrés³

2016

Journal of Small Business Management

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Relatively little attention has been paid to the study of the strategic management of process innovators and their capabilities. This paper contributes to our understanding of process innovation by analyzing responses from 4,208 SMEs which introduced only process innovation, and no product innovation. Our study was set up specifically to allow us to identify and isolate process innovation activities in SMEs. Findings reveal two distinct innovation patterns among process innovators, one characterized primarily by the acquisition of embodied knowledge and external support from suppliers, and a second centered on the development of R&D and high absorptive capacity, accompanied by organizational innovation.

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Regional innovation paths selection in complex environments of China: A configurational perspective

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Zhang

2021

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This paper investigates conditional configurations for high innovation performance under complex regional environments in China from a configurational perspective. The results indicate that internal R&D is neither sufficient nor necessary for high innovation performance while it's an important component of those configurations for high innovation performance. Moreover, there are five configurations for high innovation performance and eight configurations for not‐high innovation performance emergent from complex nonlinear interactions among seven influencing factors of regional innovation. The structures of configurations for high innovation performance differ from those for not‐high innovation performance, revealing an asymmetric view of causality that underpins regional innovation performance.

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Making sense of innovation by R&D and non-R&D innovators in low technology contexts: A forgotten lesson for policymakers

Cited by 147 publications

References 115 publications

Competitive low-tech manufacturing and challenges for regional policy in the European context--lessons from the Danish experience

Competitive low-tech manufacturing and challenges for regional policy in the European context--lessons from the Danish experience

On Process Innovation Capabilities in SMEs: A Taxonomy of Process-Oriented Innovative SMEs

Regional innovation paths selection in complex environments of China: A configurational perspective

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